A legislative attempt to pull nitrogen hypoxia from Louisiana’s death penalty options failed Tuesday, despite pleas from the Jewish community that it would revisit the trauma their ancestors experienced during the Holocaust.

A conservative legislative committee in Louisiana has blocked an effort by the Jewish community to bar nitrogen gas as an execution method.

I cannot remain silent against a method of execution that so deeply offends our people and displays such blatant disrespect for our collective trauma," a Metairie rabbi said.